AU - Balaklava - Race 6

RICH LADY (8) has found it very hard to win another race and is back at the races as a 7YO mare. She has been placed in 7 of her 10 starts here over the trip and did win a recent trial well enough. It is hard to put her on top, but a win in this modest field is well within reach. JUST LIKE LISA (4) is a durable veteran racing in good form on wet tracks, and a firmer surface is no problem for this 10-race winner. She is a proven weight carrier at this level and has a big chance to break her win drought. VERCELLI (2) has only been lightly tried and resumes from a spell without any public trials. This is easier than her last couple of races in the autumn, and she is well worth including in all top 4 combos. BELLENTIA (1) has been thereabouts, including winning her penultimate start, for in-form trainer Kristi Evans. Each-way claims on a wet track. REOFFER (6) was beaten by a wide gate last week at Murray Bridge, and she can make amends in this.